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13 July 2018
http://africanbrains.net
High quality data crucial for success of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa, says Economic Commission for Africa’s Ilboudo at High Level Policy Dialogue (HLPD) 2018
13 July 2018
https://africanmanager.com
Les décideurs politiques et d’autres acteurs majeurs du développement en Guinée équatoriale manifestent un vif intérêt pour la première grande concertation de haut niveau sur le développement suite aux déséquilibres macroéconomiques consécutifs à la baisse importante des cours du pétrole amorcées depuis 2014.
13 July 2018
http://sdg.iisd.org
The 2018 meeting of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) included a series of “thematic reviews,” in addition to the in-depth reviews of several SDGs and the Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs). The thematic reviews addressed the HLPF’s 2018 theme of ‘Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies’ from several angles: Building resilience, Small island...
12 July 2018
www.4-traders.com
The United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres, wednesday lamented the sudden rise of armed groups and international terrorist organisations across Africa, noting that more funds would be required to fight Boko Haram in Nigeria and other terrorist groups on the continent.
12 July 2018
punchng.com
The development of African countries is being impeded by the loss of more than $50bn annually through illicit financial flows, the Economic Commission for Africa has said.
Regional Access is Essential to Guaranteeing the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals
12 July 2018
www.cepal.org
In a special session in the framework of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development being held through July 18 in New York, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, underlined the role of the UN’s regional commissions.
12 July 2018
precision.com.do
Nueva York (CEPAL).- Las acciones impulsadas por las comisiones regionales de las Naciones Unidas son esenciales para garantizar la implementación de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), porque ayudan a contextualizarlos y a traducirlos en realidades nacionales, y contribuyen al desarrollo e implementación de estrategias conjuntas.
12 July 2018
allafrica.com
The United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres, wednesday lamented the sudden rise of armed groups and international terrorist organisations across Africa, noting that more funds would be required to fight Boko Haram in Nigeria and other terrorist groups on the continent.
12 July 2018
vaaju.com
Secretary General António Guterres completed the Second Annual UN-African Union Conference in Addis Ababa as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen the relationship between the two organizations. Held on 9-10 July, the meeting covered the issues developed in the joint AU-UN Development Framework, including peace and security.
12 July 2018
lanouvelletribune.info
Au Bénin, le sous-emploi bat des records. Selon une étude de la Commission Economique pour l’Afrique (CEA) intitulée "profil pays 2018”,72% de la population active est sous-employée. Le taux de chômage quand à lui est de 2,4%.
12 July 2018
www.cnbcafrica.com
Africa needs to build its statistical capacity to produce accurate, high quality and timely data to inform policies that will support the full implementation of the sustainable development goals and the continent’s Agenda 2063, says Economic Commission for Africa’s Tinfissi Joseph Ilboudo.
12 July 2018
www.fratmat.info
Les chefs d’Etat et de gouvernement de la Communauté économique des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (Cedeao) et de la Communauté économique des Etats d’Afrique centrale (CEEAC) se réuniront le 30 juillet 2018 à Lomé, au Togo.
12 July 2018
www.businessdayonline.com
African countries are committed to mobilising adequate and predictable resources to finance the sustainable development goals agenda, but have continued to be impeded by a number of factors.
Chief among these factors is the loss of more than $50 billion annually through illicit financial flows (IFFs), Sylvain Boko of Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), says.
12 July 2018
www.cnbcafrica.com
Mobilising domestic resources, from both the public and private sectors, is central to Africa’s collective success in achieving the 2030 sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the continent’s 50-year development plan, Agenda 2063, says Adam Elhiraika, Director of the Macroeconomic Policy Division at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
12 July 2018
www.theglobalist.com
The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s latest Regional Economic Outlook for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has important implications for African economies large and small.
12 July 2018
www.cnbcafrica.com
Africa needs to build its statistical capacity to produce accurate, high quality and timely data to inform policies that will support the full implementation of the sustainable development goals and the continent’s Agenda 2063, says Economic Commission for Africa’s Tinfissi Joseph Ilboudo.
12 July 2018
www.businessdayonline.com
African countries are committed to mobilising adequate and predictable resources to finance the sustainable development goals agenda, but have continued to be impeded by a number of factors.
Chief among these factors is the loss of more than $50 billion annually through illicit financial flows (IFFs), Sylvain Boko of Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), says.
11 July 2018
www.newsghana.com.gh
Vera Songwe, ECA Executive Secretary, said the ECA was prepared to assist Kenya in developing policy and legislative initiatives that would make it harder for intellectual property abuse, and assist start-up tech companies in growing to their full potential, bringing in jobs and revenue.
11 July 2018
http://thenationonlineng.net
Present and past African Heads of governments and development experts converged on Lagos to examine the contributions of the late Executive Secretary Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Prof. Adebayo Adedeji, to pan-African development and integration. Speakers at the event agreed that his ideas and dreams for the continent must outlive him.
11 July 2018
http://news.alome.com
La Secrétaire exécutive de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA), Vera Songwe exhorte, en ce jour, le Nigéria à adhérer au mouvement de l’Accord de libre-échange continental africain (ZLECA) après des consultations appropriées et offre l’appui de la CEA pour l’aider à se joindre à l’Afrique du Sud et aux 48 autres pays déjà signataires de la ZLECA.